Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Nurse for Unscheduled Care
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Lead Nurse for Unscheduled Care Services (USC)
We are seeking an exceptional nursing leader to take on the pivotal role of Lead Nurse for Unscheduled Care Services (USC) at Hampshire Hospitals.
About the Role
As a key member of the USC leadership team, this is an exciting opportunity to drive transformation across services and ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. The post holder will play a central role in shaping the future of unscheduled care, providing strong, visible leadership that inspires and energises teams while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
This is a critical leadership position, responsible for influencing the delivery of care across frontline services. You will provide strategic vision, senior clinical leadership, and operational oversight, alongside professional guidance to support safe, effective, and compassionate care.
Responsibilities
- Develop a workforce that is skilled, resilient, and fit for the future, ensuring services continue to meet the evolving needs of our patients and communities.
- Oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers through collaborative and inspiring leadership.
- Facilitate a broad team approach, communicate effectively and deliver on the annual divisional strategic objectives.
- Demonstrate good current knowledge in the area and be proactive in relation to external regulatory standards, such as Care Quality Commission and current best practice in urgent and emergency care.
- Work closely with the Head of Unscheduled Care and Clinical Director to ensure that urgent and emergency services within their area of responsibility fulfil their agreed objectives, quality standards and achieve regulatory, statutory and constitutional targets.
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About Us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
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We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Louise Fox
- Job title: Head of Unscheduled Care
- Email address: Louise.Fox@hhft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01256 473202
Tracy Whale
- Job title: Divisional Chief Nurse - Medicine
- Email address: tracy.whale@hhft.nhs.uk
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